Augusto Pinochet Quotes

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it.

We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.

I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have.

My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.

I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure that many things have happened.

Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.

Rome cut off the heads of Christians and they continued to reappear one way or another. Something similar happens with Marxists.

I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.

Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.